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Jenee Tibshraeny: Over 5000 ‘mule’ bank accounts found in NZ

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 17 Jun 2026, 8:10pm
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More than 5000 New Zealand bank accounts have been used by scammers to transfer stolen funds over the past nine months.

These 'mule' accounts have been flagged by a new information sharing platform banks are using to detect scams: the Fraud Intelligence Exchange.

NZ Herald Wellington business editor Jenee Tibshraeny explained further.

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